iphone-to-pixel

Convert iOS media files (HEIC, HEVC, MOV) to Pixel-compatible formats while preserving HDR, metadata, and quality.

Features

1. Lossless conversion for HEIC photos (Google Pixel 1 supports them)
2. Near-lossless conversion from MOV and M4A videos to mp4
3. Metadata preservation (iOS Photos sometimes sets time metadata weirdly)

Installation

Prerequisites

# macOS
brew install ffmpeg exiftool

Note: This is currently only tested for macOS. I don't know if this will support Windows or Linux.

Install CLI

npm install -g iphone-to-pixel
# or
bun install -g iphone-to-pixel

Usage

# Convert all files in a directory
itp convert ./MyPhotos

Output will be created in {directory}_Remuxed

What it does

Images (HEIC, JPG, PNG, GIF)

• Copies files bit-for-bit
• Fixes filesystem dates to match EXIF capture date

Videos (MOV, MP4, M4V)

• Remuxes to MP4 container (no quality loss)
• Preserves HEVC/H.264 video streams (keeps HDR)
• Converts audio to AAC 320k if needed
• Adds faststart flag for faster playback
• Fixes all metadata dates

Development

# Install dependencies
bun install

# Build
bun run build

# Run locally
bun run start convert ./test-folder

License

MIT